Indonesia
Indonesia’s forests cover almost 60 percent of the land and Indonesia is one of the world’s largest exporters of tropical timber. The majority of Indonesian forest products are exported to China, Japan, Korea and the EU. Indonesia was one of the first countries to start negotiating a VPA with the EU and it was the first Asian country to initial a VPA.
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VPA ratified |
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VPA signed |
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VPA agreed |
4 May 2011 |
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Start of negotiations |
March 2007 |
Focus on Indonesia
- 22.04.2013 Independent evaluation of Indonesia’s legality assurance system gets underway
- 11.02.2013 Clarification on EU-Indonesia timber trade regulations
- 06.02.2013 Asia Pulp and Paper changes timber sourcing policy
- 25.01.2013 Indonesia and the EU adopt new timber trade legality rules in a move expected to boost bilateral timber trade
- 02.11.2012 Indonesia and EU launch shipment test for legal timber export
- 01.08.2012 New Era for Indonesia’s Timber Governance
- 21.05.2012 UN adopts historic 'land grab' guidelines
- 18.05.2012 ITTO workshop on Timber Tracking Technologies
- 30.04.2012 Online database of large-scale land deals
- 26.04.2012 Workshop on Strategic Planning for Southeast Asian Forestry
